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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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